The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-10-29
To the Voters of Carroll County.
Mr.. P. ]. Bennett and the Agricultural interests
of Maryland.

Pursuit of fame with pedants fills our schools
And into coxeombs Furnishes ourfools."
Some pedantic Republicans, staggering
under the weight of imaginary accomplish
ments, are assaiEng Mr.. Benefits ability to
fill the Office of State Senator. HE is, they
say, "only plain farmer, whose hands are
sometimes soiled by manual labor, while his
opponent is a real lawyer, with a real sign
over his door," OF Mr.. Cabaugh's accom-
plishments, legal and other, | know nothing;
never having heard of them, am not entitled
to an opinion in regard to them; in fact, | am
not writing to disparage Mr.. Clabaugh, but TO
defend Mr.. Bennett. Although-whether to
his advantage or disadvantage | will not stop
to discuss-although Mr.. Bennett is not an
attorney at law, he, also, has a sign, a very
mucn larger sign than Mr.. Clabaughs, for it
covers many acres Of mother earth, and on
this sign are pictured growing crops and graz
ing herds, not painted with brush in yellow
letters, but painted in golden realities from
Gods bounty and by the hand of Gods own
providence. This is a sign of which any man
may well feel proud.
| will now give you my reasons for asking
you TO vote for Mr.. Bennett, and when | say
you | mean every voter in Carroll county.
First. 1t is universally conceded that the as.
ricultural interests OF the state of Maryland
are sadly depressed; more so, indeed, than
any other interest. This not only affects the
agriculturist himself, but the laborer suffers
with his employer, and the merchant sorrows
over a languishing trade. To whom, then,
shall our people turn for relief? Upon whom
shall they, regardless of party, call for help
prompt, intelligent, earnest and efficient helpY
VIII it come from the Office. bleached hand of
a professional man or from the sun-browned
hand of one whose interests are your interests;
who prospers by your prosperity and loses by
your misfortuues?
Second. We begin to realize that the days
of our grandfathers are not our days. The
railroad and telegraph have developed the
vast wheat lands of the Northwest, and
brought them almost to the sea coast You
canno. compete; as we'll might you struggle
empty handed against the waves of a bound
less ocean as to struggle against this inevitable
conclusion. The raising of wheat, then, as
profitable industry, is at an end. What are
you to do? Your wives and children still
have mouths to be filled and bodies to be
clothed. If you can no longer raise grain, to
what that is profitable is our state adapted?
Let me tell you, depressed farmer-to the
dairy. This is your destiny-advance to meet
it. Your heritage crowned hills your lovely
valleys, your cool and sparkling waters, your
railroads, your magnificent market, where the
products of the dairy can be disposed of with
profit-all these proclaim the great good
fortune that is in store for you, but they also
admonish you of the state laws necessary for
your protection. TO whom, then, will you
intrust this delicate and important matter?
Shall it be Mr.. P. J. Bennett, who for ten
years has been, and who now is, the largest
dairyman in the county, and one of the largest
in the state; who is acquainted with all the
details of the business; who is familiar with
the embarrassments thrown around it by the
fraudulent sale of oleomargerine and other
limitations of butter, and who knows the ex-
tent to which your pure milk is adulterated,
and how your sales are lessened and your
profits reduced thereby; or shall it be the
learned gentleman who can hardly be familiar
with Il dairyman's troubles, and who belongs
to profession which, though noble in itself,
and Justly honored for such of its functions as
are good, is yet too often employed to shield
and protect the very rascals who iujure your
business and steal your profits.
! In conclusion, Mr. Bennett has always been
success-as schoolteacher, in important
positions of private trust, and as farmer, he
has never disappointed his friends.
FIDELlTER.
New Windsor, October 81, 1887.